A number of events have been planned
across the city to celebrate during this week. Following is a list (as of now)
of the city-wide (& at XLRI initiatives) – and we are sure that more will
get added in the coming days:
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Donate for
Dignity: Like the past three years,
one of the major city-wide initiatives being planned is to invite donations for
material resources, and distributing them to the under-served and needy
segments of the society through NGOs and civil society organisations. Some
specific collection and distribution initiatives are planned with the help of
local schools, industries, Rotary, community organizations, NGOs and general
public:
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Vastra-Samman: A donation drive to collect wearable
(clean and complete) clothes, blankets, shawls items is planned, which will be distributed to
the less-privileged through partner NGOs (Contact: Anubhuti Jain,
91-8235674566; Madhukar Shukla, 91-9431113764, sigma [at] xlri.ac.in
)
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Ann-Daan:
Similarly, a donation and distribution drive for dry ration (rice, lintels,
moodi, and biscuits) continue as one of the city-wide initiative. The
distribution of these resources was done through local NGOs to ensure that they
reach the right beneficiaries (Contact: Anubhuti Jain,
91-8235674566; Madhukar Shukla, 91-9431113764, sigma [at] xlri.ac.in
)
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Grameen-Suvidha
- Help Making Villages Resource-Rich: A donation and distribution drive to
provide simple utility items to remote villages in Jharkhand around Jamshedpur,
such as:
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Combs, nail-cutter, safety pin
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Thick plastic sheets (4x3 mts) for
topping on huts
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Long handle water ladle (steel)
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Exercise book, pencil, scale, geometry box
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water bottle (food grade)
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Mosquito Nets
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Steel glass, plate, bowl, spoon
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Iron, multi vitamin tablets
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First aid box, Thermometer
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Update: Timken Ltd. has committed to contribute
200 mosquito nets towards this cause
o Donation and Distribution of Un-used but
Usable Medicines: An
initiative to collect unused but usable medicines is planned will be rolled out
by a city-based NGO, Cause for Change. These will be sorted and distributed to
charity clinics and health camps organized by NGOs and civil society bodies. (Contact:
Joydip Kr. Paul (91-7250271937) or
Mrintunjay Bhattacharjee (91-9162335200), Cause for Change, causeforchange [at] hotmail.com )
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Benefector-
Beneficiary Programs - Support Education of
Under-Privileged Children:
Last year funds worth Rs. 85,000/- were raised to support for one year
of education for 25 tribal and under-privileged children, studying at the Holy
Cross School, Chowka (Chandil), and at St Thomas School, Gande Dungri got financial.
Initiated by SIGMA-XLRI, in partnership with Jamshedpur Tribal Foundation (a registered
body founded by the Staff of XLRI), this year this initiative will be scaled up
to help more children by partnering with other schools. (Contact: Krishna
Chaitanya, 91-8092523125, sigma [at] xlri.ac.in
. Details of the programs at: http://www.jtfjsr.org/sigma.html
)
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Cotton
Saree Donation for Lepers’ Colony:
Rotary-West will collect and donate old (washed and clean) cotton sarees
to Lepers’ Colonies in Baridih and Burma
Mines, which are then used as bandages. You can also donate rolls of bandages (Contact:
Dinesh Rai Surana, 91-9431117169, dineshraisurana [at] yahoo.co.in )
In addition, a number of activities
have been planned by the XLRI students committees (SIGMA, CII-Yi, DRACULA,
Sportscom, etc.) to celebrate the Jamshedpur
JoyFest: Joy of Giving Week. Some of them are:
1. Nukkad Natak: Like
earlier years, the students will perform Nukkad Natak in Clubs, Housing
colonies, pandals, to create awareness about the event.
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2. Shadow A CEO (Sept 27th onwards): This
event is in partnership with ISB Hyderabad and IIMs – Ahmedabad, Bangalore
and Calcutta. The students will be bidding to spend one day with 25 selected CEOs during Sept 27th
till Oct 2nd on eBay. The Winning Bid amount will be donated to a
charity/NGO selected by the CEO. The CEOs will also match or exceed the
bidding amount for the charity. Ongoing (Contact: Barath Balachandran,
91-8235691736, sigma [at] xlri.ac.in
)
3. Jagriti: During
this week, XLRI girl students will visit villages nearby Jamshedpur to spread
awareness about personal health and hygiene among women. They will counsel
them and provide free samples for sanitation for one month to make them aware
about the value of hygienic living. (Contact: Debroop Sengupta, 91-9955198045,
cii_yi [at] xlri.ac.in )
4. Disha:
During the week CII-Yi students will identify and adopt 12 meritorious Class
X students from underprivileged background, and provide them with financial
and academic support for their board
exams. (Contact: Debroop Sengupta, 91-9955198045, cii_yi [at] xlri.ac.in )
Day
by Day Schedule of Events at XLRI
5. Inaugural Fund Raising Movie
Show – “In Search of Gandhi” (Oct 2nd): The
Jamshedpur JoyFest: Joy of Giving Week 2012 will kick off at XLRI with the
screening of Lalit Vachani’s BBC4 documentary “In Search of Gandhi”. The
funds rising event aims to raise Rs 20,000/- which will be donated to
“Missionaries of Charity – Nirmal Hriday” to contribute to roughly one month
of their requirements of ration, groceries, soaps, etc. (Contact:
Madhukar Shukla, 91-9431113764, sigma [at] xlri.ac.in
)
6. “The Gift of Time” (Oct 3rd): Like
earlier years, XLRI students will visit the lodgers of “Missionaries
of Charity- Nirmal Hriday” with gifts, and spend a day with them. (Contact:
Ish Pahuja, 91-9031909479, sigma [at] xlri.ac.in
)
7. Capacity Building of SHG Members
(Oct 4th, 5th & 8th): XLRI
students will launch the 3rd round of training/capacity building
of SHG members organized by Kalamandir during this week, and will continue
beyond the Jamshedpur JoyFest (Contact: Anubhuti Jain, 91-8235674566,
sigma [at] xlri.ac.in )
8. Silent Auction: “Donate
Generously, Bid Generously (Oct 6th): XLRI
students will collect artifacts from faculty and students, and put them for
open auction. The amount raised will go for a selected charity. (Contact:
Debroop Sengupta, 91-9955198045, cii_yi [at] xlri.ac.in )
9. Health Camp (Oct 6th): XLRI
students with medical degrees, in partnership with with volunteer medical
practitioners, will hold health camps to provide free medical check-ups, and
distribute basic medicines in the rural and slum areas. (Contact:
T Pradeep Sundar, 91-8235663407, sigma [at] xlri.ac.in)
10. Kehkaha Day (Oct 7th): The
XLRI students will be inviting children from under-privileged background and families
of XLRI staff to spend a fun-filled day at the campus. and have planned various fun activities for
them, . (Contacts: Shipra Asija, 91-8235674070; Honeydeep
Singh, 91-8092832987, sigma [at] xlri.ac.in
)
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